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First Impressions: Hera Signia Vital Lifting Cream

 Cost: StyleJolly, 10ml in a set of six products, total price $19 ish. Full size: $170 for 60ml from SJ, or $170-85 in a set from Koreadepart (depending on the set). Review of the Hera Signia Vital Lifting Cream Packaging It's in a jar. Immediate sigh. Although despite the sigh, I am reassessing my general preference for tubes: you can see how much you have left with a jar. It can be harder to know how much exactly is left with a tube or airless pump (depending on the translucency of the bottle) and I get separation anxiety when I'm coming to the end of a product and I don't know how much I have left. Yes, of course I can stock up - which is what I did with the Hera set anyway - but things take a while to be delivered. I had thought I was buying too soon as usual (note the everlasting samples of Isa Knox cream), except the serum started to pump unevenly the same week that I got my next two trial kits. At this point, I still had a reasonable amount of the cream left in th...
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The Last Sulwhasoo Timetreasure Honorstige Serum Sachet

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Photo of a Pusheen The Cat wash bag with the last Sulwhasoo Timetreasure Honorstige packet on the left, just under Pusheen's left eye. The corner has been ripped off the sachet as it only occurred to me to take a photo after I'd opened it... I've been drafting this post on the Sulwhasoo Timetreasure serums for ages and in the intervening period, the Invigorating has been replaced/reformulated as The Ultimate S. I had thought the Invigorating was completely discontinued, although Lonelyblep notes that it still has the same name in Korea (link below, see ingredients section).  This post is going to be somewhat chaos because of Frankenstein format: my thoughts about the Timetreasure serums and my experience of using my last Honorstige sachet. It's also extremely long, even compared to my usual longish posts! Before I get started, here's an excellent description of the serums generally, see AB Muse: https://www.abmuse.net/2023/07/review-updated-luxe-serum-smackdown.html...
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First Impressions: Hera Signia Core Lifting Serum

Odile very kindly recommended the Hera Signia Core Lifting Serum to me on the sub when I was looking for a serum that wasn't made by LG. Whilst I'm not quite boycotting LG, I am trying to reduce my usage and AB Muse's boycott does now include AmorePacific , Hera's parent brand. AB Muse is moving more towards Japanese higher end brands, which I'm trying out to where possible as well but they're not only challenging to get in sample form, the full sizes aren't that easy either. Although I did get some Sekkisei Ultimate Emulsion in my last TK/SJ order, this particular one is super pricey and a pain to order to the UK. Like one site seems to carry it and Amazon.jp doesn't ship it to the UK. But Yesstyle does have what might be the Sekkisei cream, it's not called Medicated (which is what I ordered from TK/SJ) but it might be the same. That at least is an easy ordering option. Whelp that's for future me to decide on. For Hera samples, given my sachet...
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First impressions: Sooryehan The Black Exopert Cream

Testing this was enjoyable, I am particularly grateful that I got the 25ml as a free sample randomly with an order! Probably the best free sample I've got, next to the wallet-destroying Whoo Hwanyu eye cream. Lol. Cost : StyleJolly as usual; samples at $1.50 ish for 12*1. I got a 25ml tube as a free sample and it was OOS for ages but is now back in stock at $10 ish for 25ml. Full size retails at about $25-40, depending on size and where you purchase it.  Note that on Yesstyle, the 50ml is currently at £57, that's right: pounds sterling, not dollars and Stylevana aren't even stocking it now. Koreadepart is undergoing maintenance at present. Texture It's super nice to apply, it has that classic soft melting texture. Kinda like the Mary & May Blackberry Cream but way way nicer.  Zero silicones according to the Yesstyle ingredients list. Definitely gets docked points for no siliconey feel, as that is my favourite texture ever. However, if you're not a fan of that in...
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Shopping My Stash: Sooryehan Chunsam Radiant White Cream

I wanted the Sooryehan Chunsam Sanghwang Regenerating Cream and TK/SJ had run out of the 10ml pots. It's tricky to get hold of any of the Chunsam products (full sizes anyway) in the UK so when I saw the Chunsam gift set with a 20ml tube of the cream, I had to have it for reasons of sleep creases:  https://commercialpoemferments.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-sleep-crease-saga-continued.html The set, however, has four other 20ml tubes - on the one hand, it's exciting because that's four other Sooryehan products to use. On the other, *sigh* because I didn't want those products in the first place. I've been testing them out, slowly, and I have thoughts. Sooryehan Chunsam Radiant White Cream Format: 20ml tube Test: AM cream  Texture and Fragrance  It's a gel cream generally with a oil application feeling so it goes in the gel to oil category. https://commercialpoemferments.blogspot.com/2024/08/categorising-cream-textures-and-texture.html It's not quite as solidly ...
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Shopping My Stash: Whoo Gongjinhyang Fresh UV Protective Cream

I do have a rather embarrassingly large stash. Most of samples but there's some less-loved full sizes too. Even loved full sizes don't always get used and there's a whole ton of reasons, mostly down to time. I got into a bad habit of forgetting to do my evening routine and having to rush it right before bed, so I needed to use super quick drying products. Then there the morning rush, which then compounds the not-using things issue. This means some things which are quick drying, but not super quick, don't get used. This series of posts is about working my way through my stash as I both try to diminish it and for the move away from LG. Although, as Odile recently pointed out on Instagram, many of the major brands are using AI for marketing now, before and after model shots as well as texture photos. Madness! Link: https://www.abmuse.net/2024/11/lg-h-using-ai-for-marketing-and-why-i.html So my current ploy is to spread my money around across different brands. There...
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First Impressions: Missha Chogongjin Youngan Jin Cream

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  Slightly blurry photo of the front of the Missha Chogongjin Youngan Jin Cream box Introduction I saw this recommended as a cheaper and reasonable alternative to a Whoo cream by a trusted sub member. I don't think I'd actually tried that Whoo cream but I like a recommendation for a good value product that works fine as an alternative to a Whoo product. It was great timing as I wanted something I could easily order (and reorder) that wasn't from LG. Link to AB Muse about the not-LG and now not-AP: https://www.abmuse.net/2024/11/lg-h-using-ai-for-marketing-and-why-i.html Review Cost: $29~ for 60ml Packaging It's a deep red oval jar, with a wide top, tapering to a narrower base with a gold lid. It has the classic removable plastic disc over the opening of the jar and comes with a spatula. It looks nice on my dressing table and is satisfying to hold because all of the edges are nicely rounded. Looking at Missha US/EN site, there's been a change to the packaging an...
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